Deck the Halls and Everything Else...

It is finally time to decorate for the holidays in our new home and finally time to post on our blog. Sorry for our small blogcation but I am taking the reins back (yes, me, Kim) and making a holiday themed post. Christmas has been a much awaited event in the Campbell household this year as we have both dreamed of going all out with Christmas decor in our new home and now the time is here. We grinched the last two years on the decor and so we are trying to make up for lost time. Here are some of my favorite pictures and I will comment along the way. Please feel free to leave comments! Merry Christmas!

Oh, Christmas Tree!

We have been scoping out this Christmas tree farm right near our house for months. We went the week before Thanksgiving to check out the trees and make sure they were up to standard for assisting in our de-grinching process. After hours of tree education (how to tell how old the tree is, how to properly water, how to shake, etc.) we knew Busy Elves was the spot where our tree was waiting. We came back to the tree farm on the Sunday after Thanksgiving to do the honors and we came home with this beauty in no time. The bow topper and ribbon we got from a few Christmas open houses we went to at local boutiques here in Albany.

Here is one of my favorite ornaments I got from Hollie in the swap one year...

And the lovebirds I got from Mags in the swap, they match perfect!

This is the hope star that Mrs. Campbell got us last Christmas when I was hoping for a job and a house. It must have worked so it needed to be put on the blog. If anyone needs to borrow it let me know and I can try to pass on the hope!

This is our new Christmas tree skirt I had made on etsy.com. I really love this site and it is so fun to work with people who hand make everything and love it! It is red ticking with burlap.

The new stockings also purchased on etsy.com.

No, I did not have a bow maker!

I am so excited to have finally tied a bow that looks less like a spider and more like a holiday decoration. We also bought these sparkly ornament strands at the Christmas open house and used them to jazz up the wreaths. I love the ribbon and ornaments together because it really catches the sunlight in the daytime and the spotlights make it really shine at night.

Lauren, does this look familiar?

Lauren helped me make this purchase several years ago and gave me the great idea of the bow and greenery addition. It was in need of new greenery and bow so I fixed it up and here is the finished product for the front door.

Here is our house at night. We also wrapped lighted garland around our columns as you can see. The little metal topiaries that sit on either side of the door also got wrapped in the same glitter strands of ornaments as the wreaths to match.

Here is our finished mantle...

A close-up of the right side because I love my pig/bulldog (hard to tell which one)

My R. Wood Christmas plates are finally getting used! These may look familiar, I bought them at the R. Wood sale when we were all in Athens one time. I used them to set the table in the dining room.

Designer Nick is Back!

Nick did these beautiful gold decorations here. We used Meredith's awesome idea to paint the pinecones and they really added to this display.

Here is my poinsettia in the kitchen.

Our foyer decor. I love the mercury glass containers. I wish the picture showed the two on the left better because they are my favorite! You will just have to come see in person.

Merry Christmas, thanks for reading! Come visit!